Indie 103.1 bites the dust
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Indie 103.1 will cease broadcasting over this frequency effective immediately.
Because of changes in the radio industry and the way radio audiences are measured, stations in this market are being forced to play too much Britney, Puffy and alternative music that is neither new nor cutting edge. Due to these challenges, Indie 103.1 was recently faced with only one option – to play the corporate radio game.
We have decided not to play that game any longer. Rather than changing the sound, spirit, and soul of what has made Indie 103.1 great Indie 103.1 will bid farewell to the terrestrial airwaves and take an alternative course.
This could only be done on the Internet, a place where rules do not apply and where new music thrives; be it grunge, punk, or alternative – simply put, only the best music.
For those of you with a computer at home or at work, log on to www.indie1031.com and listen to the new Indie 103.1 – which is really the old Indie 103.1, not the version of Indie 103.1 we are removing from the broadcast airwaves.
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January 16th, 2009 at 12:27 am
“This could only be done on the Internet, a place where rules do not apply and where new music thrives”
Wait until CRTC lackeys bring censorship to the Internet.
We can buy foreign magazines in Canada but we cannot watch foreign TV (read about the 2005 RCMP busts on suppliers of American satellite dishes who provided US addresses to Canadian residents)
Now CRTC launches a “new media consulation”, but from the reading of the description, only submissions from “important persons” are accepted (read corporations).
From the “new media consultation” description and mention of “Canadian content”, it is clear that this is about the best way to perform corporate censorship on the new media. After all, they do it on old media.
CRTC is about corporate control, protecting monopolies and forcing censorship. CRTC must be abolished, together with this American conservative government of Harper.
January 16th, 2009 at 3:36 am
Its a shame that indie stations dont’ surrive these days. Its just that people that listen to that type of music probably have it on there 160gb iPod and therefore do not need to listen to the radio.
Its never fun for dedacated listeners of a radio station when they close shop or change formats. @ radio stations I listen to the most are both out of Vancouver. 95.4 and 95.3. A few years ago 95.4 The Beat, went from playing mainly hip hop and pop to playing top hits, which included alternative and rock bands that Id never hear on that station. I wasn’t impressed at first cause I liked the dj’s and the hip hop feel. But I still listen to them and have grown to like them even better then before.
Just recently 95.3 The Crave has switched to being called Virgin Radio. They advertise as playing todays top hits…..and those of when you were in high school. I’m not impressed with th enew direction. I don’t want to listen to those older songs. If I wanted to I’d listen to Jack FM. But Im sure they might pick up some more listeners or not.
Either way its got to be tough for radio stations to compete in the ever growing market of iPod and other personal media devices where they no longer need to listen to the radio.
January 19th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
” Either way its got to be tough for radio stations to compete in the ever growing market of iPod and other personal media devices where they no longer need to listen to the radio. ”
It’s going to ge teasier for them, since the RIAA deal which forces internet stations to pay
up to 1000x more than terrestrial radio does to perform the same service, still may end
a lot of the internet competition.
It’s all about closing down the competitors.
Nothing to do with the artists.
January 19th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
” It’s going to ge teasier for them, since the RIAA deal which forces internet stations to pay
up to 1000x more than terrestrial radio does ”
Now who on earth could afford to pay that ??
ooooooohhhhh , a large media conglomerate could i’ll bet. what a coincidence